Vasular dementia is caused by a reduction in blood flow to the brain. Blood carries essential oxygen and nourishment to the brain and, without it, brain cells can die. The network of blood vessels that carries blood around the body is called the vascular system. There are a number of different ways that blood vessels in the brain can become damaged , leading to vascular dementia.…
1.3 – Explain why depression, delirium, and age related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia…
1. Dementia is not an illness or disease in itself , but is a broad term which describes a range of signs and symptoms that occur when the brain is affected by certain disease and conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease or vascular dementia.…
a) Difficulties with language - People with dementia will have difficulty finding the right words for what they want to say. They will often say a completely random word that has no meaning in the sentence that they are saying.…
Dementia is an umbrella term used for many conditions including Alzheimer’s, lewy bodys and vascular dementia. It is damage to the brain and its cells, it can progress over time either rapidly or slowly. Medication is used to help slow the process down, or to help with certain effects from the condition such as sleepless nights, agitation.…
Caselli, Richard J., M.D. "Dementia Medication Overview." EMedicineHealth. Web MD, Inc., 2013. Web. 09 Sept. 2013.…
The term 'dementia' is used to describe the symptoms that occur when the brain is affected by specific diseases and conditions. Symptoms of dementia include loss of memory, confusion and problems with speech and understanding.…
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i had a a sudden cognizance of a blasphemous locked way in my skull so uterly INCONGRUOUS that i'd buried the recollection of that PERFIDIOUS, ANOMALOUS PERVERSION my subcochous. the shadow of an unknown thing, curdling the air as it draws inexorably closer the the serfuse of my day time brain.i felt the erudition of dementia i my mind desolved in the THAT HATEFUL, ABYSMAL, PLIABLE acid of the the unknowable THAT PUTRID, PITILESS, LIQUID shadow the carods all mans sanity.…
3. Explain why depression, delirium and age related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia…
Individuals with dementia may suffer from language problems. This may be due to previous diseases such as strokes.…
Dementias that can't be cured such as Alzheimer’s can be prescribed a medicine that may prevent symptoms getting worse. Normally people who suffer and are in the middle stages of this disease or are elderly are prescribed this.…
Sometimes the word Dementia can be quite scary to hear and quite frankly it is pretty scary to hear. Many people don’t really take the time to stop and realize that it might be something that can be life threating and without them even knowing they might already be having some of the early symptoms. There is no such thing as going in to the doctor to early and getting checked out for dementia. Once someone gets dementia there is no way on turning back and the best they can do it getting treatment. Approximately every sixty eight seconds someone in America will develop dementia, some even without them knowing it. Dementia is something that no one wants to know that they have because of the dramatic life changes that if will have in someone’s life. Dementia having many effects on older people like having to get treatment and the many symptoms they go through can be very overwhelming.…
Dementia is a common condition that affects about 800,000 people in the UK. Your risk of developing dementia increases as you get older, and the condition usually occurs in people over the age of 65.…
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